There is – There are

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A) Complete the following sentences with there is / there are in the affirmative.
My name is Annie and I live in a very big house. There is twenty-three rooms in my house,
but there are only twelve bedrooms. I live in one of the rooms on the third floor. In my
room, there is a huge bed and there are nine windows. My bedroom isn’t small.
On my bed there is lots of pillows, and
there is my cat, Fluffy. In my closet
There are many toys, and there is also many clothes. I don’t have a bathroom in
my bedroom, but there are a bathroom next to my room. Also in my house
two kitchens, a big dining room and three living rooms. The house is really big!

B) Complete the following sentences with there isn’t / there aren’t.

Be careful with countable and uncountable nouns!
1. there aren´t a flight from here to London.
2. there aren´t any movies that I want to see in the cinema.
3. I’m very hungry, but there isn’t any food in the refrigerator.
4. We want to go to the concert, but there aren’t any tickets.
5. there aren’t any money in my bank account so I can’t pay the bills.
6. there aren’t seventy minutes in an hour.
7. In my neighborhood, there aren’t any children.
8. Henry can’t bake a cake because there isn’t any sugar in the cupboard.
9. It’s sunny today and there isn’t a cloud in the sky.
10. I’m sorry, there aren’t any letters for you today.

C) Describe your neighborhood: What is there in your neighborhood? What doesn’t exist?
In my neighborhood there are schools a police station there is a large park with

Soccer fields, market square, supermarkets, it´s like a city in a neighborhood.

D)Create sentences using there is / there are and the following words:
(You can change the words to their plural form if necessary)
1. Key
2. Tree
3. Music
4. Book
5. Floor
6. Food
7. Minute
8. Star
9. Restaurant
10. Coffee

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